I just want to say thank-you again to Chris(clear) for starting this thread.
I now have adult worms capable of morphing.
An I haven't had to buy a super worm in over 2 months.
Thank-you Chris! You may not realize it but you were a life saver.
The hubby hasn't told me in months now that the beardies are costing to much or that I need to downsize.
I am so glad my setup helped you!!!! I have lost interest in supers and started doing roaches heavily. I am thinking about getting back into do supers and figure out the best temps/substrate/lighting the whole 9 yards!
I am so glad my setup helped you!!!! I have lost interest in supers and started doing roaches heavily. I am thinking about getting back into do supers and figure out the best temps/substrate/lighting the whole 9 yards!
No as the wild bugs could have pesticides, disease, or parasites it is never good to use the wild caught bugs for breeding not if you want to use what you've breed to feed you beardie. Your better off buying a couple dollars worth of supers and morphing them yourself. Besides it is pretty interesting to observe the entire process.
i had always thought and read that super worms were cave dwellers. . . hense dark places. . . i could be wrong but who knows. . . i cannot find all to much wild info on them other then most places calling them feeder insects or natural grain pests.
i had always thought and read that super worms were cave dwellers. . . hense dark places. . . i could be wrong but who knows. . . i cannot find all to much wild info on them other then most places calling them feeder insects or natural grain pests.
Yea so its up to use to figure out the best husbandry for our feeders! I think NO light will work best for them but there is no way we can worth with them without any light lol
I'm not worried as my worms are going good but still I like knowing.
I think I'll put a few in a dark container and see how that works in comparison to the ones in the clear plastic container. Though if they are buried in the substrate then they are in the dark basically. I find mine roaming around on the surface as well so it is possible that they like light too.
Now my beetles are on top of one of my enclosures where they can stay warm they are in a clear container so the UVB light does brighten up their container it doesn't seem to bother them they seem to prefer light over dark. This I experiemented with already. The beetles that I put in the dark didn't live as long or produce as well as the beetles that were not in the dark. The beetles don't seem to be bothered much by temps as long as they don't get to cold.
Im interested in starting a colony. I have everythng written down that I need to get. But I have one uestion. I have juvinile beardies and would like to start feeding them Supers cause the shell (I heard) isnt as nearly bad as Mealworms, they are ALOT softer and can be digested. Can anyone post a pic on what size Super I should be feeding them?